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deciders

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As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.

— Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

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The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Two of the arbiters accompanied Espada to the pitcher’s mound, where Brown handed Espada the baseball.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of arbiters

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Marshal Yanda When the Hall of Fame selectors meet in person at the Super Bowl in February, they will be tasked with reducing the 15 finalists to seven, before each voter casts his vote for six individuals.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The Hall intends to have a coach and contributor subcommittee each consisting of 11 voting selectors and three alternates.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of selectors

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And, the city argued, Shurin violated Missouri law that requires arbitrators to only decide issues specifically given to them.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Health-care providers were awarded nearly $15 billion last year from arbitrators called in to settle medical billing disputes, more than triple the amount in 2024.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026

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Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
There was less agreement over whether there would be a repeat winner; 23 voters chose a previous MVP to claim the award, while 17 gave votes to other candidates, with Joe Burrow leading the way in that category.

— The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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That may come in the form of a big special-teams play, a heads-up stop by a defender or even questionable calls by the referees.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
Yellow flags Nothing did more damage to UConn’s defense in Saturday’s opener than the little yellow flags that fluttered onto the field from the referees’ waistband.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of referees

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Stock pickers' market Lerner is not the only one noting the low correlation and high dispersion in the market.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Currently, informal waste pickers and scrap collectors make up a large portion of Vietnam’s collection system, so the new policy also will factor in that labor so that workers aren’t left behind.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of pickers

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When the judges announce Jude as the winner, Bi, Anna, and Joseph don’t look surprised, and each gets a small hopeful comment at the end.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
The panel of three judges nominated by Democratic former President Joe Biden agreed with the plaintiffs that the president does not have the power to regulate states' election policy.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

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